International Business Research; Vol. 13, No. 4; 2020
ISSN 1913-9004
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Published by Canadian Center of Science and Education
The Effects of Financial Education on Financial Literacy in Italy
Gian Paolo Stella1, Umberto Filotto1, Enrico Maria Cervellati2, Elvira Anna Graziano3
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Department of Management and Law - University of Rome ―Tor Vergata‖ Via Columbia, 20, 0133 Rome, Italy
2
Department of Management - Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Fondamenta San Giobbe 873 Cannaregio, 30121
Venice, Italy,
3
Link Campus University, Via del Casale di S. Pio V, 00165, Rome, Italy
Correspondence: Gian Paolo Stella, Department of Management and Law - University of Rome ―Tor Vergata‖ Via
Columbia, 20, 0133 Rome, Italy.
Received: January 29, 2020
doi:10.5539/ibr.v13n4p44
Accepted: March 13, 2020
Online Published: March 20, 2020
URL: https://doi.org/10.5539/ibr.v13n4p44
Abstract
This study assesses whether participation in financial education programmes has a positive effect on financial
literacy. To pursue this goal, we conducted an online survey in March 2019. The sample comprised 918 Italian
adults aged 30 to 91. We asked respondents if they had participated in financial education programmes during
school or university years. The results show the effectiveness of participating in financial education programmes,
as the rate of correct responses to financial literacy questions was higher for those who had completed one of the
above-mentioned programmes than for those who did not. In addition, those who participated in a financial
literacy programme during university years gave more correct answers compared to those who participated in
one of these programmes during school (non-university) years.
Keywords: financial education, financial literacy, structural equation model, Italy
JEL codes: A20, D12, D14, I20.
1. Introduction
During their lives, people are called upon to make decisions that have positive or negative effects on their
wellbeing. Financial choices play a particularly important role in individuals’ lives, and it is important to have
the knowledge and skills to behave in a way that is more appropriate for one’s own needs and that protects one’s
own economic wellbeing (Greenspan, 2005).
Financial literacy literature studies people’s knowledge, attitudes and skills related to finance. The Organisation
for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) defines financial literacy as ―the knowledge and
understanding of financial concepts and risks, as well as the skills, motivation and confidence to apply such
knowledge and understanding in order to make effective decisions in a range of financial contexts, improve the
financial well-being of individuals and society and enable participation in economic life‖ (OECD, 2014, p. 19).
Previous studies indicated that more financially literate individuals are skilled in savings management, pension
planning and wealth accumulation (Ameriks, Caplin, & Leahy, 2003; Hilgert, Hogarth, & Beverly, 2003; Lusardi
& Mitchell, 2007, 2011; Bucher-Koenen & Lusardi, 2011; Delavande, Rohwedder, & Willis, 2008; Stango &
Zinman, 2009; Hung, Parker, & Yoong, 2009; van Rooij, Lusardi, & Alessie, 2012; Lusardi & Tufano, 2015;
Algood & Walstad, 2015; Jappelli & Padula, 2015; Hastings & Mitchell, 2020).
For these reasons, financial education programmes are ―the process in which users of financial services improve
their understanding of financial products, notions and risks, and on the basis of information, instructions and
advice develop skills and confidence in making financial decisions capable of improving their wealth‖ (OECD,
2005, p.31).
This topic is of great interest in Italy in particular, as a study by Standard & Poor’s found that the average rate of
financial literacy was 37% in the country while the EU average was 52% (Klapper, Lusardi, & Van Oudheusden,
2015).1 However, if on the one hand financial literacy is positively related to financial behaviour — understood
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The rate was calculated as participants’ percentage of correct answers to financial literacy questions.
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as the capacity of individuals to manage investments and accumulate savings (Lusardi, 2004; Hilgert et al., 2003;
Lyons, 2007; Bell, Gorin, & Hogarth, 2009) — on the other hand relevant literature also examines the positive
effects of financial education programmes on people’s literacy and subsequent choices (Lyons, Palmer, Jayaratne,
& Scherpf, 2006; Alsemgeest, 2015).
The present work aims to assess whether participation in financial education programmes2 during school or
university years has a positive effect on financial literacy levels. We distributed an online survey containing
financial literacy questions, questions regarding the participation in educational programmes, as well as
socio-economic information.
We conducted our study in March 2019 with a sample of 918 adults living in Italy. The results indicate that
participation in financial education programmes during school or university periods has a positive effect on
financial literacy. Furthermore, participation in financial education programmes during university years has a
greater effect than participation during school years.
This study is divided into the following sections. In section 1, we present the literature review; in section 2, we
outline the research hypotheses and measures; in section 3, we describe the sample, the variables used and the
descriptive analyses; in section 4, we present the results; and in section 5, we outline the conclusions.
2. Literature Review
As mentioned above, the literature analysing the impact of financial education programmes on financial literacy
is divided between those authors who advocate their effectiveness and those who do not.
Among the latter group of studies, Mandell and Klein (2009) study of high school students in the US analysed the
effects of participating in a finance course and found no significant differences between those who attended and
those who did not. According to Campbell (2006), improvements in financial literacy can result less from
participation in financial education programmes than from exogenous factors ignored in econometric regressions.
Fernandes, Lynch, and Netemeyer, (2014) analysed 90 studies on an international scale and found that completion
of financial education programmes did not produce a significant change in the participants’ long-term behaviour.
Hung et al., (2009) and Hastings, Madrian, and Skimmyhorn, (2013) have observed similar results in their own
studies. Additionally, Carpena, Cole, Shapiro, and Zia, (2011) study of 1,200 households in India revealed that
financial education programmes had little effect on people’s ability to make financial calculations and analyse
insurance costs. However, the same study found that participation in such programmes led to improvements in
financial product management, selection and planning skills. Willis (2008) explored the inability of financial
education programmes to provide the right mix of knowledge and skills. The author demonstrated that financial
education interventions cannot improve individuals’ financial behaviour to prevent them from making the wrong
financial choices. Additionally, Willis (2011) argues that such initiatives would not be successful in the adult
population and highlights that only stricter regulations can induce more conscious financial behaviour.
With regard instead to the first group of studies, Bernheim, Garrett, and Maki, (2001) analysed a sample of
individuals aged 30 to 49 who had completed a financial education course during high school and found that
these programmes led people to accumulate more wealth and savings in the long term. Studies of the benefits of
financial education programmes have found that those who completed such programmes have positively changed
their spending and saving habits (Danes, Huddleston-Casas, & Boyce, 1999; Danes & Haberman, 2004).
According to Lusardi (2008), financial education programmes have positive effects on families’ ability to make
savings and investment decisions. Carlin et al.’s (2012) study of 2,357 students in the US aged 13 to 19 found
that financial education increased students’ ability to create a budget consistent with their income and
expenditures. According to Lührmann, Serra-Garcia, and Winter, (2015), financial education programmes
improve adolescents’ purchasing behaviour by making them more cautious and less impulsive. Among the
measures that need to be developed for the success of financial education programmes, special mention should
be made of teachers’ ability to easily explain financial concepts and the prudence of measuring ex ante
participants’ financial literacy levels to verify the effectiveness of education programmes (Walstad, Rebeck, &
MacDonald, 2010). Lusardi and Mitchell (2014) connected the success of a financial education programme to
the organisers’ ability to transmit financial concepts into a language the target audience could understand.
3. Research Hypotheses
The hypotheses examined in the study are the following.
2
School years are defined as the period of education from 10 to 18 years of age, while university years are
defined as the period of education between 19 and 26 years of age.
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H0: Participation in financial education programmes does not affect financial literacy in adulthood.
H1: Participation in financial education programmes during school years positively affects financial literacy in
adulthood.
H2: Participation in financial education programmes during university years positively affects financial literacy
in adulthood.
H3: Participation in financial education programmes during university years has a greater positive influence than
participation during school years.
3.1 Measures
The variables analysed in this study concern participation in financial education programmes. In particular, we
examined two variables. The first was whether respondents had attended financial education programmes during
(primary and secondary) school years, while the second was whether or not respondents had participated in
financial education programmes during university years both variables were binary (dummies) where 1 indicated
attendance while 0 indicated lack of attendance. Following the guidelines provided by the OECD (2014), we
quantified financial literacy levels by analysing three different factors: knowledge, skills and financial attitudes.
As far as knowledge is concerned, five questions from report conducted by the National Financial Capability
Studies (NFCS)3 were included in the survey. Lusardi and Mitchell formulated these questions as a key
benchmark for measuring levels of financial knowledge (Lusardi & Mitchell, 2014).
Regards financial skills, we used Stella, Filotto, & Cervellati, (2020) questions. The questions analysing
financial skills tested respondents’ ability to make the best decision in five different scenarios. Each question
about financial knowledge and ability had only one correct option. Correct answers were worth one point while
incorrect answers were worth zero. When analysing the results, we recorded the ―do not know‖ and ―refuse to
answer‖ options as incorrect, in line with the OECD methodology.
Finally, with regard to financial attitudes, we examined Stella et al.,(2020) questions. Respondents could indicate
their preference on a Likert scale ranging from 1 (―completely disagree‖) to 7 (―completely agree‖). The aim was
to assess respondents’ attitudes towards financial issues, such as savings and investments.
In Table 1, we summarise the questions used in this study, which define scenarios to measure financial literacy,
as well as the socio-economic variables such as gender, age, education, work status and income that were
included in the survey.
Table 1. Variable description
Variable
Financial education – school years
Financial education – university years
Financial skills
Financial knowledge
Financial attitude
Gender
Age
Marital status
Education
Work status
Income
3
Description
Participation in programme during school years: 1 = Yes, 0 = No
Participation in programme during university years: 1 = Yes, 0 = No
Overall score on financial skills questions; range 1-5
Overall score on financial knowledge questions; range 1-5
Overall score on financial attitude questions; range 1-7
1 = male, 0 = female
Age in March 2019
1 = married, 2 = divorced, 3 = widowed, 99 = refuse to answer
1 = primary school certificate, 2 = secondary school certificate, 3 = high school
diploma, 4 = bachelor’s degree, 5 = master’s degree, 6 = specialization
course/PhD, 7 = I have not completed high school education, 98 = other, 99 =
refuse to answer
1 = full-time work (> 35 hours/week), 2 = part-time work (< 35 hours/week), 3 =
stay at home, 4 = student, 5 = retired, 6 = disabled or unable to work, 7 =
unemployed, 98 = other, 99 = refuse to answer
1= less than $10,000, 2 = between $10,000 and $20,000, 3 = between $20,000 and
$40,000, 4 = between $40,000 and $80,000, 5 = more than $80,000, 99 = refuse to
answer
http://www.usfinancialcapability.org/downloads/NFCS_2015_State_by_State_Qre.pdf
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4. Results
4.1 Sample Description and Descriptive Analysis
Respondents in our sample are Italian adults, aged 30 to 91 as of March 2019. The data were collected using the
Computer-Assisted Web Interview (CAWI) survey methodology. According to Midler (2013), this method is
based on the realisation of a research questionnaire disclosed on the website and all questions are previously
predefined following the guidelines provided by Fowler et al. (1990). We have invited to participate in this
research 1,400 individuals, randomly selected. At the end, we collected 1,000 questionnaires, and by excluding
not considering the ones that lacked data for our analysis, we ended up with 918 questionnaires. In Table 2, we
present descriptive statistics.4
Table 2. Descriptive statistics (N = 918)
Variable
Financial education – school
Financial education – university
Financial skills
Financial knowledge
Financial attitude
Gender
Age
Marital status
Education
Work status
Income
Mean
.193
.226
3.198
2.674
5.972
1.516
50.785
1.748
4.639
1.915
19.722
SD
.395
.418
1.285
1.340
.934
.500
12.196
7.217
9.430
1.589
36.591
Min
0
0
0
0
1
0
30
1
1
1
1
Max
1
1
5
5
7
1
91
99
99
99
99
4.2 Preliminary Analysis
In Table 3, we present financial literacy levels — broken down by knowledge, skills and attitudes —related to
participation in financial education programmes during school and university years.
Table 3. Comparison between financial literacy and education
Variable
Financial knowledge
Financial skills
Financial Attitude
Score
0
1
2
3
4
5
0
1
2
3
4
5
1
2
Financial education –
school years (%)
No
Yes
9.3
2.8
12.8
7.3
23.2
15.8
28.2
23.7
22.0
38.4
4.5
11.9
4.3
2.8
6.7
8.5
15.1
13.0
29.1
22.6
32
31.1
12.7
22.0
.0
.0
.8
.0
No
9.9
13.9
22.7
27.7
21.5
4.2
5.1
7.5
15.9
28.9
30.6
12.1
.0
.7
Financial education –
university years (%)
Yes
1.9
4.3
18.8
26
37.5
11.5
0.5
5.8
10.6
24.5
36.1
22.6
.0
.5
The results indicate that participation in financial education programmes positively affects financial knowledge,
skills and attitudes. Respondents who attended programmes during school years scored higher on financial
knowledge and skills questions. These participants also displayed more conscious and prudent financial attitudes.
The results improved significantly for those who participated in a financial programme during university
compared to those who did so only during school. In Table 4, we present the correlations between our variables.
For the variables of marital status, level of education, work status and income, the answers ―do not know‖ and
―refuse to answer‖, coded respectively as 98 and 99, were omitted from the analysis to avoid abnormal
fluctuations in the values of the average and, consequently, of the standard deviation.
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Table 4. Correlation matrix
Variables
Financial education – Schools
Financial education – University
Financial skills
Financial knowledge
Financial attitude
1
1
.555***
.159***
.242***
.031
2
3
4
5
1
.043*
.173***
.026
1
.407***
.147***
1
.103***
1
Note: Asterisks indicate the significance of the coefficients at 10% (*), 5% (**) and 1% (***).
Participation in a financial education programme during school years was positively related to financial skills
and knowledge, but not to attitude. On the other hand, the other variables had positive and significant
correlations.
4.3 Financial Education Structural Equation Model
In Figure 1, we present the structural model used to test the assumptions underlying this research.
Figure 1. Model of structural equations
The results indicate that the measurement model fits well with the data collected from the sample. The results
suggest rejecting the null hypotheses (H0), i.e., that participation in financial education programmes does not
affect financial literacy in adulthood. In particular, both the comparative fit index (CFI) and the Tucker-Lewis
index (TLI) were greater than .9 (CFI = .958; TLI = .917), indicating strong data adaptation (Bentler, 1990). The
chi-square value was significant (χ-square [12] = 283.129, p < .001***), and the root-mean square error of
approximation (RMSEA) was equal to .045, confirming a close adaptation of the model to the data.
The results suggest not rejecting the first hypothesis (H1), i.e., that participation in financial education
programmes during school years positively affects financial literacy in adulthood. We thus detect a positive
influence of financial education programmes during school years on adults’ financial literacy (H1: Standardised
Path Coefficient [SPC] = .173, p < .001***).
The results also suggest not rejecting the second hypothesis (H2), i.e., that participation in financial education
programmes during university years positively affects financial literacy in adulthood. Thus, it seems to confirm
the positive effects of programmes completed during university on financial literacy (H2: SPC = .264, p
< .001***). These results appear in line with previous studies (e.g., Lusardi, 2004; Hilgert et al., 2003) showing
that participation in financial education programmes translated into an improvement in adults’ financial literacy
and, in turn, into a better financial decision-making capacity.
With regard to our third hypothesis (H3), i.e., that participation in financial education programmes during
university years has a greater positive influence than participation during school years, our results seem to
suggest not rejecting it. This finding confirms the third hypothesis of the study.
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5. Conclusions
The aim of the present study was to verify whether participation in a financial education programme during
school or university years had a positive effect on the financial literacy of a sample of adults living in Italy. The
results suggest that participation in financial education programmes during both school and university has a
positive effect on adults’ financial literacy. A comparison of participation during different time periods revealed
that receiving financial education during university years had a greater positive effect on financial literacy than
receiving it during school. The results support Bernheim et al., (2001) conclusion that financial education is
essential for increasing financial literacy and the quality of people’s financial decision-making.
This study contributes to the existing literature by providing evidence of how financial literacy initiatives can
improve levels of understanding in Italy and is especially in line with the results obtained by the countries,
specifically especially in northern Europe, present in the European Union.
However, the analyses conducted in this work indicate that participation in financial education programmes has
been very low among Italian adults. Thus, the findings highlight the need for closer collaboration between public
and private authorities to agree on the methods and timing of long-term financial education programmes in Italy.
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